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Sunday, June 26th, 2016 – Noon to 5pm All Tickets: $15 The 2016 Ypsilanti Heritage Foundation Annual Historic Home Tour will take place on Sunday, June 26th from noon to 5 p.m. A portion of this year’s tour proceeds will support the historical marker project at Ypsilanti Community High School. Students will be writing grants to obtain a state historical marker for the Historic South Adams neighborhood. This year’s tour includes 4 wonderful homes built in the 1800s including two Queen Annes, an Italianate, and a vernacular Gable Front Cottage. We are also excited to include 2 commercial spaces on our tour. A 19th century renovated office and commercial space and a mid century auto repair shop converted to coffee and tap house. Tickets can be purchased prior to the tour in Ypsilanti at Haabs Restaurant, Salt City Antiques, Nelson Amos Studio, Materials Unlimited, Norton’s Flowers and Gifts, Cultivate, and Downtown Home and Garden, in Ann Arbor. Also, please join us for a special pre-tour discussion about historic Ypsilanti. The talk will be held at Cultivate from 11:00 – 11:30 am on the morning of the tour. Don’t miss it! Day of tour tickets can be purchased by credit card at the Towner House at 303 North Huron Street, as well as Haab’s Restaurant, Materials Unlimited, Cultivate, and Salt City Antiques. Ticket purchasing details can be found...

Please join us as we award this year’s marker recipients. We will meet on Wednesday, September 16th, at 6:30 pm at the Ladies Literary Club for dinner and the awards presentation ceremony. Please bring a dish to share. Hope to see you there! Ladies Literary Club 218 N. Washington St. Ypsilanti, MI...

Please join us for a discussion with Lis Knibbe, an architect with over 30 years experience in architectue and historic preservation. She will share with us an update on the preservation that is happening in Detroit, including information about some of her projects and perspective on Detroit’s steps toward a new future. Please join us on Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 at 7:30pm Ladies Literary Club 218 N. Washington St.,...

Please join us as we award this year’s marker recipients. We will meet on Wednesday, May 21st at the Ladies Literary Club for dinner and the awards presentation ceremony. Please bring a dish to share. Hope to see you there! 6:00 – Social hour 7:00 – Dinner 7:30 – Awards presentation Ladies Literary Club 218 N. Washington St. Ypsilanti, MI...

Eric and Lisa Walters will be sharing their experiences of gutting their 3-story Michigan Avenue commercial building. We hope to see you! Please join us on Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 at 7:30pm Ladies Literary Club 218 N. Washington St.,...